There are only 148 Oak Log Yearbooks remaining for sale AND you only have until March to guarantee purchase of a yearbook for your student - - that is, if they don't sell out!! Purchase price is currently $80. However, IF there are any left after March they will be sold during Distribution Day for $85. Please don't wait for Distribution Day as the inventory is low and the demand is often high and we hate turning students away!!!

Just before the holiday break, a group of Oak Ridge High School students accomplished a remarkable goal – they presented a poster about their own research to the world’s largest conference for Earth and space sciences. The students – Hudson Reynolds, Laurel Hetrick, Joe Blair, Adler Keehn, Jonathan Bonamarte, Odelia Kneiser, Brandon Bonamarte, and Boru Kneiser – traveled to New Orleans in December to participate in the 2021 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union. In August this group had submitted an abstract to the meeting organizers, hoping that they would be selected to present their research findings about thermal regulation of a satellite in orbit around the Earth. In October they got the news that their application was successful, and that all registration fees for them to attend the meeting would be paid by the conference organizers.

The students worked together to perform the research and design their poster. The conference is intended for scientists to present new results from their own research, and this team rose to the challenge by gathering and analyzing data from a small satellite that they themselves had designed, built, delivered for launch, and operated in orbit. They had begun work on their space mission, named RamSat, as part of a NASA STEM class at Robertsville Middle School. With RamSat’s launch this past June, the group has been able to receive data from the satellite at their radio ground station in the RMS STEM classroom, with additional data gathered by amateur radio enthusiasts around the world.

RamSat experiences extreme variation in temperature as it orbits the Earth, and the students studied how small changes in the orbit at different times of year led to large changes in temperatures measured on RamSat’s solar panels and inside its electronic components. They were able to accurately predict, months in advance, the occurrence of a strong heating event that took place at the time of the poster presentation in mid-December. The student team was responsible for all aspects of their research and presentation, and on December 16th they were all present in the vast poster hall at the New Orleans convention center, with thousands of graduate students, professors, and professional researchers to share what they had learned with their fellow scientists. Dozens of people stopped by to hear about the RamSat mission and to discuss the students’ research findings, and the students in turn had opportunity to visit with many other researchers studying topics as diverse as colonization of other planets to making biofuels from algae.

These students gained a first-hand appreciation for the collaborative approach that drives much of modern scientific research. They also made great strides in learning how to communicate the results of their research to an audience of curious non-experts. In all of their preparations, and in their enthusiastic engagement at the conference, these students exemplified and did honor to the intellectual spirit of the Oak Ridge Schools. Congratulations to the RamSat student team for an outstanding performance!

We would like to invite you to our upcoming monthly Zoom meeting to be held on Tuesday, January 25th from 6-7 pm.

If you are interested in joining us, please send your name, email address, student's name, and grade to ptsoorhs@gmail.com no later than Monday, January 24th before 5 pm. A link will then be sent to you. Looking forward to seeing you!

The Oak Ridge High School Band would like to congratulate the following students 13 for their success in placing in one of the ETSBOA Senior Clinic Honors Bands, and 1 student for earning a chair in the All State Band.

We are very proud of these students, and all of our students, who made the extra effort to prepare and audition for this clinic!

Jason Vance 9/10 Blue Band 16th Chair Flute

Savannah Osborne 11/12 Red Band 7th Chair Flute

Giada Sachitano 9/10 Blue Band 5th Chair Clarinet

Olivia Herrell 11/12 Blue Band 17th Chair Clarinet

Grace Dorbescu 11/12 Red Band 8th Chair Clarinet

Bobby Givens 9/10 Red Band 1st Chair Bass Clarinet

Lennox Pack 9/10 Red Band 3rd Chair Trumpet

Issac Ford 11/12 Blue Band 16th Chair Trumpet

Christian Goethert 11/12 Red Band 8th Chair Horn

Colton Tooke 11/12 Red Band 6th Chair Tuba

Becca Godfrey 11/12 Blue Band 3rd Chair/All-State Percussion

Eli Roth 11/12 Blue Band 5th Chair Percussion

Andrew Frost 11/12 Blue Band 12th Chair Percussion

Winter Formal is coming up on February 12th! That means applications for Snow Court are now open. Snow Court consists of 1 boy and 1 girl per grade, and if you’re interested in being on our snow court, you can pick up an application from Mrs. Wagner in LC 331 starting January 5th. Applications are due back to Mrs. Wagner by January 28th. Students will vote through donations to their favorite candidates during lunch periods, and the members of the Court with the most donations will be crowned snow king and queen. All voting proceeds go directly to Second Harvest.

"Parker Bell is everything you want in a student-athlete. His steady and calm demeanor were major factors in the boys' cross country team qualifying for state." --Coach Ed Wright

Do you want to learn what it takes to be an ORHS cheerleader? Interested in our skills, goals, standards and traditions? Join us at our cheer clinic this coming Saturday from 12:30-2:30 for grades K-8. Registration link can be found on our social media accounts!

St. Mary's does a wonderful job providing lunch for 40 - 50 students weekly. They will be pausing this service for the month of January. Students are being notified through the Daily Bulletin.

ORHS will host one more parent night to support families in completing the FAFSA application! Rita Turchetta from TSAC will be here to support everyone. The evening will begin at 6:00. We will close the doors at 7:00; therefore, please be here before 6:45 and bring a computer. In order to meet the deadline for TNPromise, the deadline is February 1, 2021.

ORHS IS PARTICIPATING IN THE FAFSA CHALLENGE - WE WILL UPDATE THE NUMBER OF SENIORS COMPLETING THE FAFSA WEEKLY.

The Tennessee Higher Education Commission and Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation (THEC/TSAC) are excited to announce the TN FAFSA Challenge, a statewide campaign for Tennessee public high schools to increase the FAFSA completion rates among Tennessee students.

While Tennessee continues to be a leader in nationwide FAFSA completion, there is still work to be done. Students who complete the FAFSA are more likely to enroll in higher education, persist in their college coursework, and obtain a degree.

As part of the Challenge, THEC/TSAC plans to honor high schools who are able to increase FAFSA completion in their schools. Specifically, we are encouraging high schools to increase the share of their Tennessee Promise applicants who complete a FAFSA. High schools that increase their Tennessee Promise FAFSA completion rate by 5 percentage points OR have 95 percent of Tennessee Promise applicants complete a FAFSA will be designated as FAFSA Champions. We also plan to honor the high schools that have the highest FASFA completion rate and those that have the largest year over year improvement for the entire state.

1. We are OAK RIDGE CITY SCHOOLS - NOT Anderson County

2. Decisions are made by 5:15 am - at the latest and notifications will begin thereafter

3. Delay schedules can include - 1 hour delay (breakfast is served); 2 hour delay (no breakfast; or Full day cancellation.

4. Notification for families:

a. A Skyalert message will be made - phone calls are sent to the phone numbers on

file in Skyward. PLEASE make sure these phone numbers are up to date.

b. The ortn.edu website will be updated

c. Media outlets will be notified - WFIV; WYSH; WRJZ; TYLV; B97.5 = Radio

Channel 12, WBIR-TV (www.wbir.com/weather; WVLT-TV (www.local8now.com),

WATE-TV (wate.com,

d. Look for Twitter announcement from @ORSchools

East Tennessee Foundation (ETF) is happy to announce that ETF 2022 Scholarship Applications are NOW AVAILABLE on our website, http://www.etf.org/scholarships. ETF scholarship applications must be completed and submitted online. The application deadline for 2022 scholarships is February 15, 2022.

Stephen L. Coffey Scholarship - Due February 15th - This scholarship Established in 1988 by Pat and David Coffey in honor of their son, a talented and successful business and family man. The intent of the scholarship is to provide assistance to students who may not display the highest scholastic rankings, yet still possess great potential and motivation. More information below.

As a reminder, this year our administration and Counseling Department moved to grade level teams to serve students for their scholastic careers at ORHS. In order to provide families with the swiftest and most accurate information, we encourage reaching out directly to the grade level administrator and/or counselor team when questions arise with students.

9th Grade team: Amber Roberts ahroberts@ortn.edu and Ashley Bennewitz abennewitz@ortn.edu

10th Grade team: Drayton Hawkins dshawkins@ortn.edu and Heidi Foster hafoster@ortn.edu

11th Grade team: David Foust djfoust@ortn.edu and Brianna Ottinger bottinger@ortn.edu

12th Grade team: Beth Estep kestep@ortn.edu and Paige Taylor hptaylor@ortn.edu

Please check out the Counseling Website for all scholarships! Additions are made WEEKLY, so we encourage families to "click by" weekly! For scholarships in the iNews, these summaries have been moved to the bottom of the newsletter due to their length.

East Tennessee Foundation is pleased to announce that the Steven L. Coffey Memorial Scholarship will again be available for the 2022-2023 academic year.

Applications for the Steven L. Coffey Memorial Scholarship are now available on East Tennessee Foundation’s website, http://www.etf.org/scholarships and the application deadline is February 15, 2022.

Please feel free to contact Beth Heller at bheller@etf.org or Ashley Siferd Butler at abutler@etf.org or toll-free at (877) 524-1223.

We are blessed to have a couple of photographers who have dedicated themselves to capturing memories on the field, the court, and the pool. Where kids go, these men go. Thank you Barry Houchin and Luther Simmons for your dedication to our student athletes!

Check out the pictures on the ORHS Athletic website from the recent first annual area All-Star game hosted at Blankenship Field. These pictures were taken by Barry Houchin!

Oak Ridge - Team Home Oak Ridge Wildcats Sports (oakridgeathletics.com)

Students who drive to school will need to have a 2021-22 car tag. Last year’s tags will not work. Please come by Student Services and pick up the application to get your free parking tag!

In order for a student to take their permit test, a form is required from the school. Mrs. Thacker, our attendance secretary, prepares these forms. Requests are accepted through the link below. When school is in session, a completed form may be picked up in the Attendance Office. However, if school is NOT in session, the form will be mailed home by USPS.

CDC is asking everyone to continue to save your Coke product lids/case codes. Each cap earns $.05 for this classroom! Coke lids/codes can be dropped in Student Services OR families set up their own account @ https://us.coca-cola.com/give/schools, input your codes and donate them to Oak Ridge High School. All proceeds donated go to CDC to help pay for classroom supplies, materials and student needs. Thank you for your support!!!

How Can I Link My School Online?

• Visit http://www.foodcity.com/schoolbucks
• Click the blue “Login” button under Customer Login
• Enter your username and password for your Food City online account.
• At the top of the page click, “My Account”. This will load the customer dashboard page.
• Below the Fuel Bucks section, you will find “My School Bucks” section. (The total school bucks earned will show here as well)
• Click the “Update School” link listed below. Select the school and click, “Save”

School Bucks-Store Level Enrollment

• Stores can enroll schools from VC Enroll for customers who do not have access to the internet. (Only HRCs and HCs have authorized access.)
• To do so they enter the customers ValuCard number, selected “Look UP” and select the school the customer has chosen in the School Bucks field.

Common Questions

• Why is my school not on my receipt? Schools are no longer listed on receipts but can be managed anytime from their online account.

• When does this begin/end? The program runs from September 2, 2021 thru May 10, 2022.

Deadline to register is December 31, 2021.

Total awarded amount: $700,000

**PLEASE HELP OUR CLASS RAISE $$ BY REGISTERING!! Share w/ everyone you know!

• Sign into your Kroger account at Kroger.com or set up an account with your Kroger card if you haven’t registered your card before

• Click on your name to access your information (“My Account”)

• Choose account summary

• At the bottom of the page, you will see “community rewards”

• Click “Enroll”

• You are now officially linked to our account to earn money for the school through your purchases.

If you are using the app to enroll, click the three bars and choose "Rewards" then

"Community Rewards."

If you have any problems, please call Kroger at 1-800-576-4377

The following ORHS organizations have an Amazon Support account:

ORHS - Band Boosters

ORHS - PTSO

ORHS - Orchestra Booster Club

ORHS - Wildcat Football Boosters

ORS - Public School Education Foundation

Amazon Prime membership benefits are the SAME. The only difference is Amazon makes a donation to your chosen organization. Share this information with your friends, grandparents, alumni, and anyone who shops Amazon.

• Go to Amazon.com and login to your account or set one up if you will shop on Amazon.com

• Search for amazon smiles charity choices

• Click Change Charitable Organization at the top of the page

• Now click on #1 Sign in to smile.amazon.com on your desktop or mobile phone browser.

• On the right hand side you will see pick your own charitable organization:

• Type in Oak Ridge School and click search

Executive Principal - Garfield Adams geadams@ortn.edu

SENIOR - Beth Estep kestep@ortn.edu

Class of 2023 - David Foust djfoust@ortn.edu

Class of 2024 - Drayton Hawkins dshawkins@ortn.edu

Class of 2025 - Amber Roberts ahroberts@ortn.edu

Academic Intervention AP - Stephanie Thompson sathompson@ortn.edu

Counselors:

Seniors - Class of 2022 Paige Taylor - hptaylor@ortn.edu

Juniors - Class of 2023 Brianna Ottinger - bottinger@ortn.edu

Sophomores - Class of 2024 Heidi Foster - hafoster@ortn.edu

Freshman - Class of 2025 Ashley Bennewitz abennewitz@ortn.edu

Social Worker: Alison King aking@ortn.edu

Registrar: Rhonda Garrison rsgarrison@ortn.edu

Guidance Administrative Assistant: Amy Campbell akcampbell@ortn.edu

Link to Website: https://www.ortn.edu/highschool/academics/school-counseling/

Follow our team on Instagram:

Watch for announcements on Twitter: @ORHSCounseling

It is our desire to keep our families informed of all of the activity and awesome news coming from Oak Ridge High School. We have multiple platforms for connection. We encourage you to explore the many ways and provide feedback!

Website - http://www.ortn.edu/highschool/

Daily Bulletin - http://www.ortn.edu/highschool/daily-bulletin/

Channel 15 at 7:50 AM - Watch the announcements each morning by our Crew! YouTube Streaming: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL9N_azmWeQByrIW6pWLBlQ

Live in Knox/Anderson/Roane - If you live throughout Anderson/Roane/Knox counties and have ATT Uverse you can find us on Channel 99 – just select the Oak Ridge Schools option.

INews - http://www.ortn.edu/highschool/news-events/news-links/

Skylert Messages and Emails - Please make sure your current email address and phone numbers are up to date!!!

PTSO Newsletter - PTSO distributes a VERY detailed quarterly newsletter to inform parents of upcoming events and LOTS of counseling information! This comes to your email! They also have a presence on the website: http://www.orhs-ptso.org/news-information with tons of information! PTSO also has a Facebook presence, and we encourage you to "LIKE" their page! https://www.facebook.com/ORHSPTSO/

Twitter - Follow the accounts listed below

Our goals include celebrating students and increasing our communication to families! Twitter is an avenue by which we try to accomplish these goals! Just try it! Follow these accounts!

Email: tseals@ortn.edu
Website: http://www.ortn.edu/highschool/
Location: 1450 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
Phone: 865-425-9600
Twitter: @ORHSWildcatMGM